TAGGED CONTAINER TRACKING

A system and method that automatically monitors product use, such as the type and amount of agricultural and/or horticultural product stored in and dispensed from a cartridge over time and/or by geographic location. Monitored data are stored in memory (110) such as a tag (108) on the cartridge and may be transmitted to a server for storage, aggregation, and analysis. The cartridge may be authenticated before being authorized for use for the benefit of a current user in dispensing the product (106). The cartridge may be refilled after confirmation of authorization codes on the cartridge and refilling equipment tags (108). The cartridge may be calibrated automatically based on the bulk density or other parameter of the product (106) in the cartridge. Data may be aggregated from a plurality of cartridges automatically. As-applied data from individual cartridges may be used to verify, independent of operator input, treated area coverage and product application rate. Fig. 3